2024 Houston Artadia Awards for Visual Artists in Texas
This grant provides financial support to contemporary visual artists in Texas who are actively creating work for display in museums, galleries, and public art spaces.
The Artadia Awards provide financial support to contemporary visual artists whose work is intended for presentation in venues such as museums, galleries, arts nonprofits, or public art spaces. To be eligible for the award, applicants must meet the following criteria: Be a contemporary visual artist actively creating work for display in a contemporary art context. Filmmakers focused on cinematic distribution and choreographers presenting outside contemporary art venues are not eligible. Reside and work within the eligible counties of the award city and have lived there for at least two years prior to the application deadline. Not be enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, an art-related degree program. Not be related to Artadia staff or directors. Have not previously received an award of $10,000 or more from Artadia or its predecessor, The Art Council, although former finalists may reapply. If currently in a long-term artist residency, applicants must apply from the city where they permanently reside and be available for a 45-minute virtual studio visit if selected as a finalist. Artists applying must be the sole conceptual author of the artwork submitted, unless applying as part of a collaboration. In such cases, all collaborators sharing authorship must be clearly identified. Applications are submitted through the Submittable platform, and guidelines are provided for the inclusion of media files and detailed descriptions of the work.
Award Range
$15,000 - $25,000
Total Program Funding
Not specified
Number of Awards
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Matching Requirement
No
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
Applicants must be a contemporary visual artist, making artwork for presentation in a contemporary art context: museum, galleries, arts non-profit, the public art realm, etc. Artadia does not fund filmmakers making films for distribution in cinematic venues, or those working in choreography presented outside of a contemporary art context. Applicants must be currently living and working within the city’s eligible counties and resided there for at least two years prior to the application deadline. Not currently be enrolled in an art-related degree program, nor be planning to attend an art-related degree program in the coming year. Not be related to Artadia staff or directors in any way. Have never received an award from Artadia or from The Art Council (Artadia’s former name) for or above the sum of $10,000. Please note that former finalists are eligible to apply. If you are enrolled in a long-term artist residency program, please note you are only eligible to apply in the Award city where you permanently reside. Additionally, you must make yourself available to meet with jurors for a 45 minute virtual studio visit should you be chosen as a Finalist. Unless applying as a collaborative, you must be the sole conceptual author of the artwork submitted in the application; if there are collaborators that share authorship of submitted work they must be clearly identified and credited.
Geographic Eligibility
Harris County (TX)
Application Opens
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Application Closes
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